Improvement in heating-stoves



UNITED STATES PATENT @Frrcrt.

ALBERT N. BEACH, OF WINSTED, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND EDWD.HATCH, OF CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HEATlNG-STOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No, 54,S14, dated May 15,1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT N. BEACH, of Wiusted, in the county ofLitchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Stoves; and. I'do hereby declare the same to be fullydescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 atop view, and Fig. 3 a vertical section, of a stove constructed inaccordance with my invention.

The object which I had in view in making my invention was to provide astove which should not only possess the merit of being a good radiatorof heat and economical in the consumption of fuel, (whether large orsmall,) but at the same time insure a greater degree of security than isordinarily attained against accidentally infiaming or setting fire toany combustible matter in the immediate vicinity of the stove.

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar construction of thestove-viz, with the fuel-supply door and the draft or air induct orinducts disposed over the fuel-chamber or in the top surface of thestove, in manner as hereinafter set forth.

In carrying out my invention or constructing my improved stove Idispense with the ordinary fuel-supply door and draft-opening as formedin the vertical face of the stove, and form my said stove as a hollowdrum with no induct-opening in its bottom or sides.

In the drawings, A denotes the outer case of the stove, which may be ofa cylindrical or any other desired shape in transverse section. The saidcasing I prefer to make of sheet-iron on account of its radiatingquality.

B is the top, and O the bottom, of the stove, each of which may be madeof either cast-iron or sheet-iron. \Vithin the said casing A, andconcentrically therewith, I dispose another cylinder or casin g, D, thesame extending from the bottom to the top plate, as shown in Fig. 3, andbeing properly secured to the top and bottom of the outer cylinder. Thesaid cylinder D constitutes the chamber of combustion.

E is the fuel-supply opening, which is formed in the top of the stove,as seen in Fig. 2, the same being provided with a cover or door, F.Through this opening E the stove is to be charged with fuel, and saidfuel is to be inflamed on its top surface and burn downward. Within thesaid door or cover, and so as to extend downward through it, I make oneor more air-induction openings, G, for the supply of air to the fuelwhile in a state of combustion. Each of these openings is provided witha cover or valve, a, which may be eitherhinged or pivoted to the door F,or applied thereto in any suitable manner, such as will enable it toreadily close or unclose its opening; preferable, instead of making thedoor F with one or more openings and a separate valve or cover to each,the cover F may be furnished with an ordinary register or a series ofair-in lets, or a register may be arranged in the top plate of the stoveand around the doorF; but I consider the arrangement shown in thedrawings, on many accounts, as the best.

The stove is to be supported on feet in the ordinary manner.

H is the eductioiropening, which is formed in the top of the stove, andis to be provided with a pipe, by which the smoke and volatile productsof combustion are to be conveyed into a chimney or flue.

From the above it will at once be evident that my improved stove isintended to operate with a downward instead of a direct and upwarddraft. This peculiar arrangement of the draft hole or holes, while itallows a sufficient amount of air for the combustion of the fuel, causesa more uniform consumption of the fuel to take place than is attainedwith the ordinary draft-hole arranged below or under the fuel.

By closing the valve or valves of the airduct or draft-holes the stovewill be caused to operate somewhat on the air-tight principle, andproduce a very slow and even combustion of the fuel.

A stove constructed in my improved manner has many advantages. In thefirst place it efi'ects a great saving in fuel; second, it is easilymanaged so as to produce a great uniformity of heat from the fuel whilein a state of combustion; third, it enables the poorest fuel, such astan, sawdust and peat, shavings, and large knotty wood to be utilized togreat advantage; fourth, it can be cheaply constructed, is very durable,and not likely to get or, if v arranged in the top of the stove and overthe fuel-chamber, in manner and for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT N. BEACH.

Witnesses WILLIAM K. PEoK, J r., ALEXANDER WATERS.

